After a decade at the top of the Canadian political pyramid, former prime minister Stephen Harper largely retreated from public life after his election loss in 2015. Now, the country's 22nd prime minister is speaking out and Canadians are giving his legacy a second look.

One city in bloom, and another freezing under a blanket of snow. Canada's extreme winters bring all kinds of surprises along the country's vast and varied landscape, and this year those contrasts are especially sharp between two of its biggest cities, Vancouver and Toronto.

Calgarian Allistair Chapman, accused of working for an alleged Canadian drug lord and helping to set up the murder of an FBI informant, was described by the prosecution as a “loyal soldier” who should not be granted bail.

Manitoba RCMP have issued a dangerous person alert for Joshua Paupanekis, 39, after the abduction of Raeanne Thomas, 20, in Pimicikamak Cree Nation.

Your grandparents names are making a comeback in Newfoundland and Labrador, following the 100-year trend.

A teenager from the Quebec City area has been charged with a terrorism-related offence. The teen allegedly used social media to promote the violent ideology of a group known as Atomwaffen Division, according to the RCMP.

Transit experts and opposition critics say the Ontario government has to learn from its communications mistakes on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT to ensure the rollout of the remaining pieces of its multi-billion dollar transit expansion have public buy-in.

It's been one year since the first measles cases in the latest outbreak were reported in Manitoba — and there's no sign the spread of the highly contagious disease is slowing.

Canada Computers & Electronics continues to investigate a data breach affecting hundreds of people that has left customers frustrated over how the company handled the episode and communicated about it.

Yukon-born hockey player Gavin McKenna, 18, has been charged in the U.S. with assault, according to court documents obtained by CBC News.

The lawyer for Calgarian Allistair Chapman, arrested in connection with alleged Canadian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding, says his client is not a flight risk or a public danger and should get bail.

The three Ontario men accused of storing materials that could be made into explosives had been looking for money to back the production of a military system designed to prevent drone attacks.

Yukon-born hockey player Gavin McKenna, 18, has been charged in the U.S. with assault, according to court documents obtained by CBC News.

Penny the Doberman — born and bred in the GTA — bested over 2,500 dogs and 200 breeds at the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, held in New York. She beat out six other finalists at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Nine Toronto police officers are facing charges related to violent incidents involving tow trucks and operators across the Greater Toronto Area, multiple sources tell CBC News.

Scientists and labour leaders are warning that cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada could significantly impact the health and safety of Canada's wildlife, environment and people.

Property owners and elected officials in the Township of South Frontenac, Ont., say they were caught off guard by Alto's proposed southern route for high-speed rail, and fear what it will mean for their community.

A small number of the approximately 4,000 people forced from their homes in Pimicikamak Cree Nation have returned. A snapped power line triggered a days-long outage starting Dec. 28, which led to frozen and burst pipes and flooding in homes in the northern First Nation.

The federal government is expected to announce its national automotive strategy on Thursday that includes scrapping Canada's electric vehicle mandate and replacing it with a new system of fuel efficiency standards and credits, CBC News has learned.

Halifax’s municipal police chief says the force will participate in the federal government’s buyback program for banned guns, just a week after Nova Scotia’s premier said he believed the province would be “staying out” of the project.

Jeanette Marcotte was last seen in Saskatchewan in the early 1980s. Her remains were found in Florida in 1985, but officials didn't know her identity until a DNA firm, that helps solve cold cases, announced her identification last week.

Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada got a firsthand taste of what it's like to drive on Montreal city streets Monday evening, when she hit two potholes on Notre-Dame Street and had to have her vehicle towed.

The first sexual assault trial for Frank Stronach was scheduled to begin Tuesday in Toronto but has been delayed after the defence asked for more time to review «voluminous» amounts of new disclosure items.

The number of bodies that go unclaimed every year in Ontario continues to reach new record levels, according to the latest figures from the Office of the Chief Coroner.

The first sexual assault trial for Frank Stronach that was scheduled to begin Tuesday in Toronto has been delayed after the defence asked for more time to review «voluminous» amounts of new disclosure items.